Table 44. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Texas: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
Non-family 
farms 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves sold - Con. 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
...farms 
73,481 
26,768 
30,308 
11,236 
1,296 
1,224 
468 
101 
2,080 
number 
1,586,769 
301,966 
331,989 
194,212 
89,846 
141,704 
147,119 
179,952 
199,981 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
....farms 
95,455 
34,299 
38,759 
14,147 
2,150 
2,274 
964 
190 
2,672 
number 
9,197,347 
463,654 
501,928 
303,264 
259,215 
584,846 
892,773 
1,581,232 
4,610,435 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
....farms 
1,140 
340 
307 
168 
50 
66 
42 
39 
128 
number 
5,454,363 
7,797 
8,433 
5,587 
4,618 
32,563 
144,205 
998,022 
4,253,138 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
....farms 
4,905 
943 
2,819 
947 
32 
23 
7 
4 
130 
Farms with- 
number 
800,893 
(D) 
24,931 
12,945 
807 
1,326 
(D) 
651,903 
34,746 
1 to 24 
4,466 
852 
2,621 
844 
24 
18 
3 
- 
104 
25 to 49 
226 
47 
114 
59 
2 
1 
1 
- 
2 
50 to 99 
121 
28 
66 
18 
2 
- 
- 
- 
7 
100 to 199 
50 
14 
12 
18 
4 
1 
- 
- 
1 
200 to 499 
20 
- 
6 
8 
- 
2 
- 
- 
4 
500 or more 
22 
2 
" 
- 
1 
3 
4 
12 
Used or to be used for breeding 
....farms 
2,341 
487 
1,208 
549 
9 
13 
4 
2 
69 
number 
83,017 
(D) 
7,295 
4,281 
323 
397 
(D) 
(D) 
7,036 
Other hogs and pigs 
....farms 
3,939 
696 
2,351 
739 
28 
18 
6 
4 
97 
number 
717,876 
7,467 
17,636 
8,664 
484 
929 
(D) 
(D) 
27,710 
Hogs and pigs sold 
....farms 
2,906 
513 
1,680 
575 
26 
20 
8 
4 
80 
number 
1,938,690 
15,364 
(D) 
18,533 
3,361 
4,302 
(D) 
1,530,711 
101,037 
$1,000 
239,358 
(D) 
3,750 
1,939 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
206,898 
14,223 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) .... 
....farms 
10,674 
3,206 
5,102 
1,874 
169 
97 
24 
5 
197 
number 
623,000 
118,321 
148,894 
125,479 
86,156 
82,846 
35,267 
2,330 
23,707 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
....farms 
7,148 
2,232 
3,301 
1,239 
149 
82 
18 
2 
125 
number 
357,434 
61,205 
76,434 
74,864 
60,873 
51,054 
19,031 
(D) 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs sold 
....farms 
6,264 
1,900 
2,820 
1,160 
144 
87 
22 
4 
127 
number 
450,497 
61,247 
66,542 
63,024 
47,137 
57,143 
93,124 
47,412 
14,868 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
....farms 
64,114 
18,237 
31,446 
10,650 
1,003 
966 
404 
58 
1,350 
Owned horses and ponies 
number 
395,816 
100,120 
161,477 
83,296 
1 1 ,749 
13,875 
9,242 
1,050 
15,007 
inventory 
....farms 
61,531 
17,223 
30,340 
10,344 
964 
939 
394 
56 
1,271 
number 
350,231 
90,580 
147,524 
70,713 
9,914 
11,701 
6,087 
911 
12,801 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
....farms 
14,127 
3,689 
6,762 
2,843 
211 
201 
89 
13 
319 
number 
49,861 
11,187 
19,835 
10,273 
1,578 
2,106 
2,949 
81 
1,852 
Goats, all inventory 
....farms 
25,063 
8,047 
12,305 
3,913 
205 
150 
31 
1 
411 
number 
878,914 
223,531 
284,072 
184,703 
77,092 
65,907 
(D) 
(D) 
35,025 
Goats, all sold 
....farms 
14,571 
4,649 
7,041 
2,346 
169 
103 
14 
249 
number 
418,597 
101,920 
131,096 
78,569 
40,977 
44,138 
6,884 
- 
15,013 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
....farms 
19,748 
6,173 
9,876 
3,218 
97 
76 
14 
10 
284 
Farms with- 
number 
20,902,244 
686,015 
627,423 
392,398 
1,025,941 
1,512,047 
542,678 
7,067,945 
9,047,797 
1 to 399 
19,516 
6,138 
9,835 
3,174 
64 
38 
9 
- 
258 
400 to 3, 199 
71 
11 
24 
28 
1 
4 
- 
- 
3 
3,200 to 9,999 
9 
2 
4 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
22 
5 
2 
9 
3 
1 
- 
- 
2 
20,000 to 49,999 
89 
16 
10 
5 
26 
23 
1 
- 
8 
50,000 to 99,999 
17 
1 
1 
- 
3 
9 
1 
2 
- 
100,000 or more 
24 
" 
" 
- 
" 
3 
8 
13 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
....farms 
2,564 
855 
1,156 
482 
22 
3 
2 
7 
37 
number 
6,244,474 
684,675 
533,730 
468,871 
884,561 
(D) 
(D) 
1,400,805 
2,039,548 
Layers sold (see text) 
....farms 
2,445 
672 
1,176 
452 
46 
38 
5 
8 
48 
number 
14,433,677 
564,888 
471,024 
383,539 
1,005,883 
1,369,908 
447,500 
5,912,794 
4,278,141 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
....farms 
376 
108 
159 
72 
18 
4 
2 
3 
10 
number 
7,314,981 
1,320,845 
745,916 
478,371 
1,889,420 
(D) 
(D) 
861,497 
1,587,560 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
sold 
....farms 
1,566 
299 
478 
280 
271 
174 
30 
- 
34 
Farms with- 
number 
600,353,797 
41,456,696 
41,154,957 
30,992,982 
172,324,466 
226,477,633 
66,076,582 
21,870,481 
1 to 1,999 
782 
197 
400 
177 
1 
2 
- 
- 
5 
2,000 to 59,999 
26 
4 
2 
10 
4 
2 
- 
- 
4 
60,000 to 99,999 
9 
5 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
749 
93 
76 
89 
266 
170 
30 
- 
25 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
....farms 
1,353 
384 
652 
285 
7 
14 
1 
- 
10 
number 
1,747,526 
(D) 
(D) 
2,975 
411,177 
868,458 
(D) 
- 
46 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
....farms 
379 
92 
197 
70 
7 
9 
1 
- 
3 
number 
6,721,048 
(D) 
(D) 
1,555 
1,228,074 
3,876,492 
(D) 
" 
(D) 
CROPS HARVESTED 
Barley for grain 
....farms 
58 
22 
10 
14 
4 
4 
2 
- 
2 
acres 
6,952 
1,463 
750 
2,468 
266 
1,715 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
bushels 
230,996 
35,353 
13,330 
89,744 
7,078 
69,720 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
610 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
